Parker Gun Collectors Association Forums  

Go Back   Parker Gun Collectors Association Forums Parker Forums Parker Restoration

Notices

Reply
Thread Tools Display Modes
Stock Extension
Unread 06-18-2020, 07:36 PM   #1
Member
George "Scott" Davis
PGCA Member

Member Info
 
Join Date: Feb 2014
Posts: 755
Thanks: 1,699
Thanked 1,315 Times in 352 Posts

Default Stock Extension

I have a beautiful 2 Frame 1895 G Grade gun with a short length of pull and it matches the factory letter. Hence don't want to cut the stock and remove the widows peak and put on a thick recoil pad. So my thoughts are someone must make a spacer with the widows peak which then I could add a recoil pad. I'm open to any thoughts, suggestions, ideas or hopefully a supplier for such a spacer. Thanks in advance.
George Davis is online now   Reply With Quote
Unread 06-18-2020, 08:55 PM   #2
Member
B. Dudley
PGCA Lifetime
Member
 
Brian Dudley's Avatar

Member Info
 
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 10,546
Thanks: 476
Thanked 17,411 Times in 4,591 Posts

Default

Maintaining the spur with a recoil pad is not an issue.
__________________
B. Dudley
Brian Dudley is offline   Reply With Quote
Visit Brian Dudley's homepage!
Unread 06-18-2020, 09:52 PM   #3
Member
Phil C
PGCA Member
 
Phillip Carr's Avatar

Member Info
 
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 3,154
Thanks: 3,454
Thanked 5,917 Times in 1,432 Posts

Default

George I have a 1 1/2” Silvers style pad with the widows peak if that would work.
Phillip Carr is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 06-18-2020, 09:54 PM   #4
Member
B. Dudley
PGCA Lifetime
Member
 
Brian Dudley's Avatar

Member Info
 
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 10,546
Thanks: 476
Thanked 17,411 Times in 4,591 Posts

Default

It is important to note that the spurs that are on modern day silvers pads are way smaller than that of a dogs head buttplate. Or even compared to old original silvers pads.
__________________
B. Dudley
Brian Dudley is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following 3 Users Say Thank You to Brian Dudley For Your Post:
Visit Brian Dudley's homepage!
Unread 06-18-2020, 10:09 PM   #5
Member
Phil C
PGCA Member
 
Phillip Carr's Avatar

Member Info
 
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 3,154
Thanks: 3,454
Thanked 5,917 Times in 1,432 Posts

Default

Yes I don’t disagree but a few I have had fit locally by Frank Wells before he retired.
I believe he used an epoxy and the fit and finish was very nice.
Personally I don’t care for the look of the extra thick pads but I like it better than a wood extension unless blended properly, and the difference is cost is substantial.
Phillip Carr is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to Phillip Carr For Your Post:
Unread 06-18-2020, 11:01 PM   #6
Member
Pa SxS
Research Chairman
PGCA Lifetime
Member
 
Chuck Bishop's Avatar

Member Info
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 2,859
Thanks: 1,196
Thanked 4,925 Times in 1,410 Posts

Default

I've done it with a black KickEzz pad and black dyed Acra Glas. You would have never known the widows peak was not original to the pad.
Chuck Bishop is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following 4 Users Say Thank You to Chuck Bishop For Your Post:
Unread 06-19-2020, 11:06 AM   #7
Member
George "Scott" Davis
PGCA Member

Member Info
 
Join Date: Feb 2014
Posts: 755
Thanks: 1,699
Thanked 1,315 Times in 352 Posts

Default

Phil, I would love to purchase one of your pad if it's available. Thanks
George Davis is online now   Reply With Quote
Unread 06-19-2020, 11:29 AM   #8
Member
Dean Romig
PGCA Invincible
Life Member
 
Dean Romig's Avatar

Member Info
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 31,557
Thanks: 35,430
Thanked 33,039 Times in 12,321 Posts

Default

I wanted to fit a recoil pad to my old GH about 15 years ago so I took the worn and chipped DHBP to my belt sander clamped in my bench vise and managed to shape the spur to the right shape and angle and epoxied it to the base of the pad. You can make the joint invisible if you work a little harder at it than I did. Unfortunately you can't see the spur in these pictures but it is there.

And yes, this is the original American black walnut stock on this 1903 GH 12 gauge. I don't know who owns the gun today. I sold it to Wildwood Guns in China Maine about 8-10 years ago. The last picture is from their website ad.


.
Attached Images
File Type: jpg 064_64.JPG (395.0 KB, 7 views)
File Type: jpg 066_66.JPG (366.6 KB, 5 views)
File Type: jpg Dam Skeet Gun.jpg (22.1 KB, 12 views)
__________________
"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."

George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
Dean Romig is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following 4 Users Say Thank You to Dean Romig For Your Post:
Unread 06-19-2020, 01:33 PM   #9
Member
Phil C
PGCA Member
 
Phillip Carr's Avatar

Member Info
 
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 3,154
Thanks: 3,454
Thanked 5,917 Times in 1,432 Posts

Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by George Davis View Post
Phil, I would love to purchase one of your pad if it's available. Thanks
PM sent
Phillip Carr is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 06-24-2020, 01:43 PM   #10
Member
Bob Brown
PGCA Member

Member Info
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 451
Thanks: 92
Thanked 447 Times in 193 Posts

Default

I had a VH with an old, particularly well fitted Silvers pad on it that I thought the pad peak was very well done. A closer look showed the "black spacer" appeared to be the original DHBP that had been filed flat and the pad glued to it. Perhaps a new repro butt plate could fit and a pad added in the same way? The original could always be put back on later.
Bob Brown is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 09:16 AM.

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright © 1998 - 2023, Parkerguns.org
Copyright © 2004 Design par Megatekno
- 2008 style update 3.7 avec l'autorisation de son auteur par Stradfred.